Taught by Erin Mae Lewis, for Chromatic Mountain Dulcimer Players

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Erin came to the chromatic dulcimer from the diatonic mountain dulcimer, and she thinks of it very much as an instrument in the key of D with a few extra notes. Watch the video to see why she decided to put her marker dots at the 5th, 9th and 12th frets chromatically.

To see the variety of styles possible with a chromatic dulcimer, watch Steve Siefert demonstrate his new David Beede chromatic mountain dulcimer. At the time of this taping, he hadn't owned it very long, but he wanted to show a bit of what can be done with it. It has an amazing range of tone that fits in with all kinds of music from the last few hundred years. To learn more about David Beede and his dulcimers, visit http://www.davidbeede.com.